WEBVTT HEREAS WELL IS NOW IN THE HOSPITAL.SMOKE BILLOWING, FLAMES SHOOTINGFROM THE ROOF OF THIS LEECHBURGHOME.>> I WALKED OUTSIDE BECAUSE IHEARD CRACKING, POPPING, ITHOUGHT SOMEONE WAS MESSINGAROUND WITH WITH MY HOUSE ANDTHAT'S WHEN I SEEN SMOKE COMINGOUT OF ALL THE CRACKS OF THATHOUSE.REPORTER: THE CORONER SAYS THEINTENSE DEADLY FIRE KILLED 96-YEAR-OLD PEARL.>> THE HOUSE WAS ENGULFED INFLAMES, GLASS WAS BLOWING OUT.AND THEN THE FLAMES REALLY TOOKOFF.REPORTER: JEREMIAH HILLMAN LIVESNEXT-DOOR AND SPOTTED THEDAUGHTER TRYING TO GET INSIDE TOSAVE HER MOTHER.>> HER HAIR WAS SINGED, SHETRIED HEART --HARD TO GET TO HER MOM.REPORTER: HE COULDN'T SAVE THEWOMAN EITHER.>> I TRIED PULLING THE DOOROPEN, THAT'S WHEN THE GLASSSTARTED BLOWING OUT, AND I SAIDWE'RE NOT GETTING IN.REPORTER: FIREFIGHTERS LEFT THESCENE, BUT SMOKE AND FLAMESFILLED THE HOME AGAIN, AND THEHOUSE FIRE REKINDLED.HILLMAN SAYS HE FEELS HORRIBLEHIS NEIGHBOR, WHO WAS WHEELCHAIRBOUND AND ON AN OXYGEN TANK,DIED.>> I'M SORRY I CONE GET HER OUT.SHE WAS THREE FEET ON THE OTHERSIDE OF THE WALL AND WE COULDN'TGET TO HER.REPORTER: HER DAUGHTER WAS TAKENTO WEST PENN HOSPITAL.THE CAUSE OF THE MOTHER'S DEATHHAS BEEN RULED CARBON MONOXIDEASPHYXIATION AND WAS ACCIDENTAL.

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Updated: 11:26 PM EST Feb 7, 2018

A 96-year-old woman died in a fire at her home in Leechburg late Wednesday afternoon.Pearl Sendry was unable to escape the house on Beale Avenue and was found on a couch in a room at the front of the home, Coroner Brian Myers said.Stay updated with breaking news: Download the WTAE mobile appThe fire was reported shortly before 3:50 p.m. Sky 4 video showed a large amount of smoke coming from the house as firefighters battled the stubborn flames.Sendry's daughter was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital. The woman had tried to enter the burning house to save her mother, neighbor Jeremiah Hileman said."Her hair was singed. She tried really hard to get to her mom," he said. "And when the police showed up, they had to keep her from going into the house because she was trying so hard."Hileman said he also tried to rescue Sendry, but the flames were too intense."When I tried to pull the door open, that's when the glass started blowing out on the porch and I said we aren't getting in," he said. "She was three feet on the other side of the wall, and we couldn't get to her."I'm sorry I couldn't get her mother out."Sendry died of carbon monoxide asphyxiation, and the manner of death was ruled accidental, Myers said.The cause of the fire was under investigation by a state police fire marshal. Myers said there were no indications of foul play.

LEECHBURG, Pa. —

A 96-year-old woman died in a fire at her home in Leechburg late Wednesday afternoon.

Pearl Sendry was unable to escape the house on Beale Avenue and was found on a couch in a room at the front of the home, Coroner Brian Myers said.

The fire was reported shortly before 3:50 p.m. Sky 4 video showed a large amount of smoke coming from the house as firefighters battled the stubborn flames.

Sendry's daughter was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital. The woman had tried to enter the burning house to save her mother, neighbor Jeremiah Hileman said.

"Her hair was singed. She tried really hard to get to her mom," he said. "And when the police showed up, they had to keep her from going into the house because she was trying so hard."

Hileman said he also tried to rescue Sendry, but the flames were too intense.

"When I tried to pull the door open, that's when the glass started blowing out on the porch and I said we aren't getting in," he said. "She was three feet on the other side of the wall, and we couldn't get to her.

"I'm sorry I couldn't get her mother out."

Sendry died of carbon monoxide asphyxiation, and the manner of death was ruled accidental, Myers said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation by a state police fire marshal. Myers said there were no indications of foul play.